My 2017 Good Gift Games Guide appears in The Morning News today. Here are the ten games featured:
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Additional Picks
Here are 25 “greatest hits” from over a decade of Good Gift Game guides:
- 7 Wonders: Duel (2016)
- Harry Potter: Hogwart’s Battle (2016)
- Codenames (2015)
- Pandemic Legacy (2015)
- Patchwork (2015)
- Splendor (2014)
- Camel Up (2014)
- Sushi Go! (2013)
- Lords of Waterdeep (2012)
- Love Letter (2012)
- King of Tokyo (2011)
- Survive! Escape From Atlantis (2011)
- 7 Wonders (2011)
- Forbidden Island (2010)
- Jaipur (2010)
- Small World (2009)
- Dixit (2009)
- Pandemic (2008)
- Dominion (2008)
- Can’t Stop (2007)
- Zooloretto (2007)
- Wits & Wagers (2006)
- Incan Gold (FKA “Diamant”, 2005)
- For Sale (2005)
- Ticket To Ride (2004)
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Other Opinions
Don’t trust the yeti? Here are the highlights of some other “2017 best game of the year” lists.
The German Game of the Year, recognizing lighter games:
- Winner, Overall: Kingdomino
- Runner-Up: The Quest for El Dorado
- Runner-Up: Magic Maze
- Winner, Strategy: The EXIT series (room escape games)
- Winner, Children’s: Ice Cool
The Deutscher Spiele Preis (the “other” German Game of the Year award), recognizing strategy games:
- First Place: Terraforming Mars
- Second Place: The Great Western Trail
- Third Place: A Feast for Odin
Golden Geek Awards, recognizing “Gamers’ Games”:
- Game of the Year / Strategy Game: Scythe
- Family / Party: Codenames: Pictures
- Two Player: Star Wars: Rebellion
- Card: Arkham Horror: The Card Game
- General: The Great Western Trail
- Two-Player: Arkham Horror: The Card Game
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Need More?
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